Call for participation in the fall 2023 program
NOBALIS partners are inviting the students and student-staff teams working on an food and biotech related ideas to the NOBALIS Entrepreneurial and Innovation Capacity Development (EICD) programme for food, biotechnology and bioresource start-ups in the fall of 2023.
For whom?
Student and student staff teams from the NOBALIS partner institutions:
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU),
- Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMÜ),
- Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technology (LBTU),
- Linnaeus University (LNU)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).
Teams
2- 5 people teams.
Teams can participate with their own idea or work on the challenges proposed by the industry partners. Program will offer opportunity to find a team.
Activities
The programme supports the development of the initial ideas related to new products/services in food, biotech and biotechnology towards valid business models. The program will take place over 3 month period combining joint online sessions and events in the each university.
- Hackathon and Matchmaking event on Oct. 4th: ideation and preliminary development of initial ideas and team formulation (hybrid format)
- Mentoring programme: teams receive mentoring and go through 3 intense development days focused on sustainable product development and MVP, sales and marketing, fundraising (public and private), pitching skills.
- Preliminary schedule (online sessions):
- Session 1: Oct. 18th
- Session 2: November 8th
- Session 3: November 29th
- Preliminary schedule (online sessions):
- Demo Day: on Dec. 13th all teams will pitch to international jury (hybrid format)
Prizes
- €1000 prize to the best team + prizes from each university to their best teams
- Hands on support for developing a business idea
- Great international mentors in business and product development, marketing and sales, and other fields relevant to participating teams
- Help with IP management, prototyping facilities & tools and building contacts with investors and industry
How to participate
Register for Idea Hackathon by Sunday Sept. 24th at this link
